Both Uses of
bestow
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- He bestowed them in his pockets with feigned composure and suffered the friendly teller, to whom his father chatted, to take his hand across the broad counter and wish him a brilliant career in after life.†
Chpt 2
- To receive that call, Stephen, said the priest, is the greatest honour that the Almighty God can bestow upon a man.†
Chpt 4 *
Definition:
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(bestow) to give -- typically to present as an honor or give as a gift